Craig Brown (Madison, WI, USA) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated Ontario's Wayne Tuck Jr. 8-3, then went on to lose 5-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Brown responded with a 8-1 win over Ontario's Jake Higgs. Brown went on to lose 7-2 against Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB). Brown lost 7-3 to Guy Hemmings (Montreal, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Brown did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 53rd to 56th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 22.876 total points. Brown ranks 92nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.775 points earned so far this season.